Grace, Walter Allen, Private, 1537, 31st Battalion, Australian Infantry
Born Spondon, Derbyshire
Enlisted Brisbane, Queensland
Killed in action 20th July 1916 aged 23
Commemorated at V. C. Corner Australian Cemetery and Memorial, Fromelles

1911 Census
A farm cowman
A servant in the household of George Smith Langton, a farmer, of Acres Farm, Kilburn, Derbyshire

Walter Grace enlisted on the 20th July 1915 in Brisbane, Queensland. He was employed as a labourer, and stated his next of kin as his mother, Mrs. Grace, of The Meadows, Spondon, Derbyshire. Five feet five and a half inches tall, he weighed 157 pounds, had a fresh complexion, grey eyes and light brown hair, and belonged to the Church of England. He had a scald on his left shoulder and three vaccination marks on his left arm.
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Family headstone commemorating Charles and Walter Allen Grace, Spondon Cemetery

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Spondon (St. Werburgh's Church)
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